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In the past decade, ophthalmologists have been prescribing nutritional supplements to be taken daily to prevent or slow vision loss from age-related macular degeneration ( AMD ). Now, using nutritiona ...

The clinical efficacy and toxicity of Amiodarone ( Cordarone ) may be determined more effectively by tissue deposition than by levels of the agent in serum. Therefore, corneal densitometry might be us ...

Primary open-angle glaucoma ( POAG ) is a blinding disease. Two important risk factors for this disease are a positive family history and elevated intraocular pressure ( IOP ), which is also highly he ...

The purpose of a study was to evaluate the effect of monthly intravitreal Ranibizumab ( Lucentis ) on hard exudate ( HE ) area and the impact of hard exudate on visual acuity ( VA ) outcomes in diabet ...

Eylea ( Aflibercept ) injection has been recommended for approval by the European Committee for Medicinal Products for
Human Use ( CHMP ) for the treatment of visual impairment due to macular edema s ...

The aim of a study was to assess the clinical response to Golimumab ( Simponi ) in patients with non-infectious uveitis from a single centre that had previously been treated with other anti-TNF-alpha ...

A study has assessed the safety and efficacy of Tocilizumab ( Actemra; RoActemra ) in patients with severe and refractory non-infectious uveitis.
Eight consecutive unselected patients with severe a ...

Long-term daily multivitamin supplement use may lower cataract risk in men, according to a study of nearly 15,000 male physicians published in Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Oph ...

A new study published in the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus ( AAPOS ) suggests that the biologic agent Adalimumab ( Humira ) may be a viable treatment o ...

The aim of the GEFAL trial was to evaluate the relative efficacy and safety profile of Bevacizumab ( Avastin ) versus Ranibizumab ( Lucentis ) intravitreal injections for the treatment of neovascular ...